voeren
Dutch
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle Dutch voeren, from Old Dutch fuoren, from Proto-West Germanic *fōrijan, from Proto-Germanic *fōrijaną, causative of *faraną (modern varen).
Verb
[edit]voeren
- (transitive) to guide, lead
- Hij voerde de groep door het museum. ― He led the group through the museum.
- De herder voerde zijn schapen naar de weide. ― The shepherd guided his sheep to the pasture.
- Kun je ons voeren naar het dichtstbijzijnde treinstation? ― Can you lead us to the nearest train station?
- (transitive) to wage (war)
- Het land voerde jarenlang oorlog tegen zijn buurman. ― The country waged war against its neighbor for many years.
- Ze voerden een stille oorlog, voornamelijk door middel van economische sancties. ― They waged a silent war, mainly through economic sanctions.
- Hoe kun je een oorlog voeren en tegelijkertijd vrede prediken? ― How can you wage war and preach peace at the same time?
Conjugation
[edit]| Conjugation of voeren (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | voeren | |||
| past singular | voerde | |||
| past participle | gevoerd | |||
| infinitive | voeren | |||
| gerund | voeren n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | voer | voerde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | voert, voer2 | voerde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | voert | voerde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | voert | voerde | ||
| 3rd person singular | voert | voerde | ||
| plural | voeren | voerden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | voere | voerde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | voeren | voerden | ||
| imperative sing. | voer | |||
| imperative plur.1 | voert | |||
| participles | voerend | gevoerd | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]A contraction of voederen, from Middle Dutch voederen, from voeder (“lining”), from Proto-West Germanic *fōdr (“sheath”).
Verb
[edit]voeren
- (transitive) to line (cover the inner surface)
Conjugation
[edit]| Conjugation of voeren (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | voeren | |||
| past singular | voerde | |||
| past participle | gevoerd | |||
| infinitive | voeren | |||
| gerund | voeren n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | voer | voerde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | voert, voer2 | voerde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | voert | voerde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | voert | voerde | ||
| 3rd person singular | voert | voerde | ||
| plural | voeren | voerden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | voere | voerde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | voeren | voerden | ||
| imperative sing. | voer | |||
| imperative plur.1 | voert | |||
| participles | voerend | gevoerd | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Etymology 3
[edit]A contraction of voederen (compare the elision of intervocalic -d- in broeder / broer), from Middle Dutch voederen; and possibly also partially from Middle Dutch voeren, vueren (“to feed”), from Old Dutch *fuoron, from Proto-West Germanic *fōrōn, related to Middle High German vuoren, Middle High German vüeren (“to feed”), whence dialectal Alemannic German and Bavarian fueren (“to feed”). Equivalent to voer + -en.
Verb
[edit]voeren
- (transitive) to feed
Conjugation
[edit]| Conjugation of voeren (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | voeren | |||
| past singular | voerde | |||
| past participle | gevoerd | |||
| infinitive | voeren | |||
| gerund | voeren n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | voer | voerde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | voert, voer2 | voerde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | voert | voerde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | voert | voerde | ||
| 3rd person singular | voert | voerde | ||
| plural | voeren | voerden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | voere | voerde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | voeren | voerden | ||
| imperative sing. | voer | |||
| imperative plur.1 | voert | |||
| participles | voerend | gevoerd | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Afrikaans: voer
Etymology 4
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
[edit]voeren
- inflection of varen:
Middle Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Dutch fuoren, from Proto-West Germanic *fōrijan.
Verb
[edit]voeren
- to bring, to carry, to transport
- to lead (a person)
- to take (a person, under force)
- to carry on one's person, to have on oneself
- to carry out
- to export, to bring out of the city or land
Inflection
[edit]This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “voeren (III)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “voeren (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
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